-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
that's the way it is; such is life
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
myself; yourself; I; me; you
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women; BL; bill of lading; BL; brushless
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
pride; dignity; self-worth
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
script; screenplay; scenario
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to collect; to assemble; to gather
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)